News from December 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Audera Lee was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison. Lee, 38, of Farmington, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty on Oct. 15, 2021, to assault with a dangerous weapon.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of Baker Technical Institute in Oregon to receive a $500,000 Brownfields Job Training grant for environmental job training programs funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The funding is among 29 new grants awarded nationally through EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Program to recruit, train, and place workers for community revitalization and environmental cleanup projects at brownfield sites.

By Fed Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: The attached tables and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants in conjunction with the December 13-14 meeting.

By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) responded to Senate Democrats’ decision to vote against a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden Department of Education’s outrageous rule gutting charter schools...

By EPA Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of the Alaska Forum and Zender Environmental Health and Research Group in Alaska, to receive a total of $1 million in grants for environmental job training programs funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The grants are ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Mortgage company Academy Mortgage Corporation (Academy), based in Draper, Utah, has agreed to pay $38.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by improperly originating and underwriting mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment Wednesday charging a former San Antonio attorney with wire fraud and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Clarence Boone, the former Senior Economic Development Manager of Stonecrest, pleaded guilty to conspiring with his wife, Lania Boone, and the former Mayor of Stonecrest, Jason Lary, to steal pandemic relief funds intended to support small businesses in Stonecrest.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a three page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Derry, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges involving the sexual exploitation of minors, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Juan Carlso Flores-Ramirez, age 34, of Mexico, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on a charge of illegal reentry.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Lamark Hall, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 46 months of incarceration for a cocaine charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Dublin, Ohio, man was sentenced in U.S. District Court here to 240 months in prison for sexually exploiting two minors and possessing child pornography of at least three more.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew B. Millhollin, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Boston, today announced that JOSHUA GLAESER, 34, of New Britain, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with possession and distribution of child pornography.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has announced the seizure of 55 separate websites for allegedly live streaming the World Cup games, an infringement of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) copyrights. Individuals visiting the sites will now see a message that the site has been seized by the federal government and be redirected to another site for additional information.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2022
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced yesterday the Parental Right to Protect Act, which safeguards parental rights by ensuring Child Protective Services (CPS) does not penalize parents for protecting their children from gender-transition interventions.